US5768101A - Portable computer docking base with ducted interior cooling air passsage - Google Patents
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- This invention generally relates to a docking base, and more particularly relates to a docking base that is suitable for use with a portable computer, such as a notebook personal computer, having a heat-dissipating fan unit on a rear side thereof.
- Docking bases are used as extension devices which facilitate connection of a portable computer, such as a notebook personal computer, to different computer peripheral devices, e.g. printers, scanners, etc. As such, since the various computer peripheral devices that are installed are connected to the docking base, there is no need to disconnect the portable computer from the computer peripheral devices. Instead, the portable computer is simply detached from the docking base when it is desired to move the computer to another location.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional docking base 2 for use with a portable computer 1.
- the docking base 2 includes a hollow housing 20 with a generally horizontal support portion 21 for supporting the portable computer 1 thereon.
- the housing 20 further has a generally upright portion 22 disposed on a rear end of the support portion 21 and provided with a connector unit 23.
- the connector unit 23 is adapted to engage corresponding connector units (not shown) on the rear side of the portable computer 1, and permits connection of the portable computer 1 to different computer peripheral devices (not shown).
- the portable computer 1 is provided with a battery unit 10, and a heat-dissipating fan unit 11 on a left side of the portable computer 1. Due to size constraints, the arrangement as such results in a smaller number of data storage units, e.g. floppy disk or CD-ROM drive 12, hard disk drive 13 and PCMCIA card drive 14, that can be installed in the computer.
- data storage units e.g. floppy disk or CD-ROM drive 12, hard disk drive 13 and PCMCIA card drive 14, that can be installed in the computer.
- the portable computer In order to permit installation of a greater number of data storage units, it has been proposed to modify the portable computer (see FIG. 2) so that the heat-dissipating fan unit 31 is disposed on the rear side of the portable computer 3.
- the portable computer 3 is installed with a battery unit 30, a floppy disk drive 32, a hard disk drive 33, a PCMCIA card drive 34 and a CD-ROM drive 35.
- a docking base which is adapted for use with a portable computer, such as a notebook personal computer, having a heat-dissipating fan unit on a rear side thereof.
- a portable computer such as a notebook personal computer
- a heat-dissipating fan unit on a rear side thereof.
- an air flow passage is extended through a housing portion of the docking base against which the rear side of the computer is placed when the computer is operatively coupled to the docking base.
- the passage is positioned and configured to receive and then flow to the exterior of the housing portion the cooling air discharged from the computer fan unit. This, in turn, permits additional data storage apparatus to be installed in the portable computer due to its space-saving rear mounting of the cooling fan unit.
- the docking base representatively includes a hollow housing with a generally horizontal support portion for supporting a portable computer thereon, and a generally upright portion disposed on a rear end of the support portion.
- the docking base further includes a connector unit provided on the upright portion of the housing.
- the connector unit is adapted to engage corresponding connector units on a rear side of the portable computer for connecting the portable computer to at least one computer peripheral device.
- the upright portion of the housing includes a front wall that is formed with a vent hole to be juxtaposed with a heat-dissipating fan unit on the rear side of the portable computer so that hot air from the fan unit can enter into the housing.
- the upright portion is further formed with an exhaust hole to prevent the hot air from being trapped in the housing.
- a conduit unit is mounted in the upright portion of the housing, and has an inlet end adjacent the vent hole and an outlet end adjacent the exhaust hole. The conduit unit guides the hot air that enters the vent hole out of the housing via the exhaust hole.
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- FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional docking base and a conventional portable computer having a heat-dissipating fan unit on a left side thereof;
- FIG. 2 (Prior Art) is a schematic view of a known portable computer having a heat-dissipating fan unit on a rear side thereof;
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a specially designed docking base which embodies principles of the present invention and is useable with the portable computer of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the FIG. 3 docking base
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the docking base and portable computer of FIG. 3 during docked operation of the portable computer.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a specially designed docking base 4 which embodies principles of the present invention and is useable with the portable computer 3 of FIG. 2.
- the docking base 4 includes a hollow housing with a generally horizontal support portion 41 for supporting the portable computer 3 thereon, and a generally upright portion 42 disposed on a rear end of the support portion 41.
- a connector unit 43 is provided on the upright portion 42 of the housing and is adapted to engage corresponding connector units on the rear side of the portable computer 3, thereby permitting connection of the portable computer 3 to different computer peripheral devices (not shown).
- the upright portion 42 includes a front wall 420 that is formed with an opening 421 to permit extension of the connector unit 43 therethrough.
- the opening 421 is wider than the connector unit 43, thereby defining a vent hole 422 to be juxtaposed with the rearwardly mounted fan unit 31 of the portable computer 3.
- the upright portion 42 is further formed with an exhaust hole 424 to prevent the hot air from the fan unit 31 from being trapped in the housing.
- the exhaust hole 424 is representatively formed in a lower end section of a rear wall 423 of the upright portion 42.
- the housing of this embodiment is representatively formed from complementary upper and lower housing halves.
- the front wall 420 of the upright portion 42 extends upwardly and integrally from a rear end of a generally horizontally extending upper support plate 410 of the support portion 41.
- the lower end section 4230 of the rear wall 423 of the upright portion 42 is formed integrally with a rear end of a generally horizontally extending lower base plate 411 of the support portion 41.
- the docking base 4 further includes a conduit unit 5 that is mounted in the upright portion 42 (see FIG. 5) between the upper and lower housing halves by means of screws 6.
- the conduit unit 5 has an inlet end 50 adjacent the vent hole 422 and an outlet end 51 adjacent the exhaust hole 424.
- the conduit unit 5 is configured so that hot air that enters into the housing via the vent hole 422 can be guided out of the housing via the exhaust hole 424, as shown in FIG. 5.
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